“I think New Zealand can do the grand slam”
Zinzan Brooke
“New Zealand is a country of thirty thousand million sheep, three million of whom think they are human.”
Barry Humphries
“When George Bernard Shaw visited New Zealand a reporter asked him his impression of the place and, after a pause, Shaw is said to have replied: "Altogether too many sheep”
George Bernard Shaw
“That's completely unacceptable, and I don't think there would be New Zealanders who would say that New Zealand should do nothing in the face of another country's agents trying to breach our sovereignty. We have to take a stand on that, regardless who the country is,”
Helen Clark
“It used to be Britain and Ireland but more and more it is Australia and New Zealand. I think a lot of it has to do with the exchange rate, the pound is high and even the Euro is high, the Australian dollar is much better.”
Bridget Carey
“With New Zealand Dairy Foods, you would think it would have as much appeal to New Zealand investors as it would to Australians. It has good solid brands, so absolutely, barring price, it would be an attractive business.”
James Lindsay
“I think anyone looking at this [raft of changes] would say that New Zealand is doing the very best it can, with a small population, to have a very credible defense capability,”